MANILA City Mayor Francisco "Isko" M. Domagoso, a former matinee idol who beat former President Joseph E. Estrada in the 2019 local elections, on Monday filed his certificate of candidacy for President. He filed his certificate with cardiologist and social media personality Willie T. Ong, who will be his vice-presidential mate. Mr. Domagoso, whose rags-to-riches story has captivated many Filipinos, ...
AN EXECUTIVE of a pandemic supply company under congressional probe has taken back a statement made before the Senate that the firm delivered expired face shields to the government. Krizle Grace Mago, regulatory affairs head of Pharmally Pharmaceuticals Corp., said in a House of Representatives committee hearing Monday that she was not in the "best frame of mind" when she ...
THE PHILIPPINES is set to sign a memorandum of understanding with the United Kingdom (UK) on the welfare and deployment of more Filipino nurses. British Minister for Asia Amanda Milling will come to the Philippines on Friday for the signing with Philippine Labor Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III, according to Raul M. Francia, the Labor department's information director. In a ...
THE GOVERNANCE Commission for Government-Owned and Controlled Corporations' (GCG) low fund utilization in 2020 and this year must be solved by yearend, a senator said Monday during the agency's budget hearing. Senator Sherwin T. Gatchalian cited that GCG has unspent funds of P73 million or 36% of its allocation in 2020, while 46% or P96 million remain in the 2021 ...
STATE WEATHER bureau PAGASA warned against landslides and flooding as tropical depression Lannie was expected to bring heavy rains over central parts of the Philippines until Wednesday. As of Monday 5 p.m., Lannie made eight landfalls within a 15-hour period with two each in the northern part of Mindanao, Southern Leyte, and Bohol, and one each in Negros Oriental and ...
CONSTRUCTION of a Bureau of Customs (BoC) building within the PHIVIDEC Industrial Estate in Misamis Oriental will start soon following last week's cornerstone-laying ceremony for the project. Elvira Cruz, BoC-Cagayan de Oro district collector, said a Customs office within the estate will contribute to ease of doing business at the Mindanao Container Terminal, one of the country's main ports. The ...
MANUFACTURERS said they oppose the imposition of safeguard duties on imports of two key raw materials for making plastic goods -- high-density polyethylene (HDPE), used in bottles and pipes, and linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE), used in bags, toys and containers. Danny Ngo, Philippine Plastics Industry Association, Inc. president, said in a statement Monday that the safeguard measures will trigger price ...
REFINERY PRODUCTION fell 67% year on year to 1,284 million liters (ML) in the first half after Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp.'s exit from the refining business, according to the Department of Energy (DoE). In a recent report posted on its website, the Energy department said diesel accounted for 42% or 535 ML, gasoline 25% or 321 ML; and naphtha, asphalts, ...
THE President's spokesman said Monday that the government is in favor of a waiver on intellectual property (IP) protections for coronavirus vaccines to accelerate inoculations worldwide. "Kabahagi tayo ng buong developing world sa kagustuhan nating magkaroon ng vaccine equality, at isang pamamaraan dyan ay 'yung TRIPS (Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) waiver (Like all developing countries we want vaccine ...
THE DEPARTMENT of Agriculture (DA) said its review of the tariff regime for yellow corn, a key raw material for animal feed, is expected to be completed this month. Agriculture Undersecretary Ariel T. Cayanan said at a virtual briefing Monday that a technical working group (TWG) will be coming up with its recommendation before the month ends. "Within the month, ...